Zapotec Science Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca

Name: Zapotec Science Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca
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ISBN: 9780292728325

ISBN-10: 0292728328

ISBN-13: 9780292728325

Edition: 2001

Authors: Roberto J. Gonzï¿½lez, Roberto J. Gonzï¿½lez

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Zapotec farmers in the northern sierra of Oaxaca, Mexico, are highly successful in providing their families with abundant, nutritious food in an ecologically sustainable fashion, although the premises that guide their agricultural practices would be considered erroneous by the standards of most agronomists and botanists in the United States and Europe. In this book, Roberto Gonzaacute;lez convincingly argues that in fact Zapotec agricultural and dietary theories and practices constitute a valid local science, which has had a reciprocally beneficial relationship with European and United States farming and food systems since the sixteenth century.Gonzaacute;lez bases his analysis upon direct…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 8/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Conceptual Bases of Zapotec Farming and Foodways



Locating Talea: Geography, History, and Cultural Contexts



The Craft of the Campesino: Measures, Implements, and Artifacts



"Maize Has a Soul": Rincï¿½n Zapotec Notions of Living Matter



From Milpa to Tortilla: Growing, Eating, and Exchanging Maize



Sweetness and Reciprocity: Sugarcane Work



The Invention of "Traditional" Agriculture: The History and Meanings of Coffee



Agriculture Unbound: Cultivating the Ground between Science Traditions



Pronunciation of Rincï¿½n Zapotec Terms



Talean Food Plants



Talean Livestock and Game Animals



Selected Average Crop Yields



Recipes


Notes


References


Index